Train wreck said:
Found it surprising as well, I think it bodes well for the PS4 once it gets its price cut. Hopefully they don't announce it too late for it to matter. I believe they will cut the price once the discless Xbox one is released if I were a betting man. As a side note, I feel that, if you're a Japanese developer you can't be too happy with overall hardware sales in Japan...5.99M units sold is still the 3rd worse in the past 17 years (from posted data on Resetera, its probably longer) and I don't believe that the Switch will offset declines in from the PS4/3DS/Vita etc in 2019. Mobile is an actual crutch for the industry. |
I said i expect PS4 price cut this year all over the world too in other threads, 200$ for the base PS4. It'll do wonders. It needs to happen, especially in Japan.
And yes, this topic i already discussed too. I think the industry and Nintendo among them, has accepted the fact that they're going to sell less, but with a more loyal base that will spend way more, thank to more expensive hardware and software and online paid services. That's why i think Nintendo is going to dithc the Home Console/Handheld combo for this Hybrid concept. Just one console, selling less units than the combo before, but with higher profits. That's why i expect Switch not receiving price cuts until much later in its lifetime, probably not earlier than PS5/next XB launch at least.
If Switch baseline is selling 16-17M next year at 300$, selling 3'5-4M in Japan, i think Nintendo is going to be satisfied. Because the difference in coming years is not going to be hardware, is going to be software and services.
